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Description: Tom Orr is a California-based writer whose talent and mental stability are of an equally questionable nature. His hobbies include ignoring trends, striking dramatic poses in front of his ever-tolerant wife and watching helplessly as his kids surpass him in all desirable traits.

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Marta’s New Lingo

Posted on December 15, 2011 | No Comments
Marta Topferova The Other Shore (World Village 468110, 2011) Being a native of the Czech Republic hasn’t stopped Marta Topferova from recording albums of authentic, highly enjoyable unplugged Latin music....
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Tuareg Up-and-Comers

Posted on December 11, 2011 | No Comments
Tamikrest Toumastin (Glitterhouse Records GRCD 721, 2011) Mali’s Tamikrest do not avoid comparisons to Tinariwen. When they formed in 2006, they’d already listened extensively to the music of their country’s...
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Croatian Becarac Singing Added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments
Becarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia (Slavonski becarac) was inscribed this month on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Becarac is a popular genre of...
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On the Hunt

Posted on November 19, 2011 | No Comments
Sibiri Samake Dambe Foli (Kanaga System Krush, 2010) Bamana hunters music this is, and it’s important to keep in mind how highly regarded the donso (hunters) remain among the Mande...
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An Embrace for the Whole Human Race

Posted on November 17, 2011 | No Comments
Nawal Embrace the Spirit (Milan M2-36551, 2011) I was, and remain, very fond of Nawal’s 2007 release Aman. Rooted in the traditional music of the Indian Ocean’s Comoros Islands and...
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It’s Just That Easy Being Green

Posted on October 26, 2011 | No Comments
The Green Ways And Means (Easy Star Records ES 1026, 2011) I was plenty impressed by last year’s self-titled debut from The Green, a young Hawaiian outfit that nailed the...
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Let It Glide

Posted on October 16, 2011 | No Comments
Damjan Krajacic Glide (Roundtone Records, 2011) Born in Zagreb, Croatia and currently based in Los Angeles, flutist Damjan Krajacic is a new name to me. Still, there’s a familiarity to...
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Mento While You Wait

Posted on October 13, 2011 | No Comments
Blue Glaze Mento Band We Will Wait (Bilmon Productions, 2011) Before ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub or dancehall, Jamaica gave us mento. It was and is the music affiliated with the...
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Doing What Comes Nationally

Posted on October 4, 2011 | No Comments
Nation Beat Growing Stone (Barbès Records BR033, 2011) Two core members of Nation Beat, drummer Scott Kettner and vocalist Liliana Araujo, both arrived at the same conclusion in different ways....
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Buzuki Orhan Osman Releases Turkophony

Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Comments
Orhan Osman is the messenger of a new music movement with his latest CD, ‘’Turkophony’’ (Golden Horn). With this album, Orhan who is from Greece with Turkish roots, is bringing...
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About Author: TOrr

Posts by TOrr

Marta’s New Lingo

Tuareg Up-and-Comers

Croatian Becarac Singing Added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

On the Hunt

An Embrace for the Whole Human Race

It’s Just That Easy Being Green

Let It Glide

Mento While You Wait

Doing What Comes Nationally

Buzuki Orhan Osman Releases Turkophony

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